CAIRN O'MOHR LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC238693 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-25
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£238.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11030
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £238,312

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£238k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Assets
£317k
↓ 3.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£65k£131k£196k£262k£327kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£259.4k£233.6k
Current assets£317.0k£327.1k
Net assets£238.3k£216.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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  2. 2024-08-01
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  3. 2023-11-13
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  4. 2023-10-02
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  5. 2023-10-02
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  6. 2023-08-21
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  7. 2023-07-10
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  8. 2023-07-10
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  9. 2023-07-10
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  11. 2023-07-10
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  12. 2022-08-16
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  13. 2021-07-09
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  14. 2020-10-26
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  15. 2019-06-26
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  16. 2018-08-29
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  17. 2002-10-25
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    Company incorporated
    As CAIRN O'MOHR LTD.
  18. 2002-10-25
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    GILLIES, Judith appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-10-25
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    GILLIES, Judith appointed
    director
  20. 2002-10-25
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    GILLIES, Ronald Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2002-10-25
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    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-10-25
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    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-10-25
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2002-10-25
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Judith Gillies
Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/10/2016
Mr Ronald Andrew Gillies
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/10/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-10-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11030 — SIC 11030

Registered office

East Inchmichael Farm
Errol
Perth
Perthshire
PH2 7SP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last: 2025-07-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GILLIES, Judith→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-25
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Active
GILLIES, Judith→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-10-25
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Active
GILLIES, Ronald Andrew→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-25 · resigned 2002-10-25
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-25 · resigned 2002-10-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
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accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
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accounts · AA
2024-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-07-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05